Support for RHEL 4.18 kernels

[rafaelroquetto]

Relax the minimum supported version and tweak a few tests to allow Beyla to run on RHEL 4.8 kernel series.

From the package description:

"This is the package which provides the Linux kernel for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. It is based on upstream Linux at version 4.18.0 and maintains kABI
compatibility of a set of approved symbols, however it is heavily modified with
backports and fixes pulled from newer upstream Linux kernel releases. This means
this is not a 4.18.0 kernel anymore: it includes several components which come
from newer upstream linux versions, while maintaining a well tested and stable
core. Some of the components/backports that may be pulled in are: changes like
updates to the core kernel (eg.: scheduler, cgroups, memory management, security
fixes and features), updates to block layer, supported filesystems, major driver
updates for supported hardware in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enhancements for
enterprise customers, etc."

(source)

These are the kernels whose version is analogous to 4.18.0-xxx.el8 and they feature the functionality required by Beyla, included but not limited to:

• BTF support
• BPF ring buffers

Early RHEL 4.18 kernels (such as 4.18.0-240.el8) do not yet feature BPF ring buffers and are not supported.
These kernels do not support BEYLA_BPF_TRACK_REQUEST_HEADERS=1.

Tested on:

• CentOS 8 (4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.x86_64)
• AlmaLinux 8 (4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.x86_64)

Resolves #1146

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[mariomac]

Amazing job!

[marctc]

Amazing, few lines you fixed this!

[grcevski]

LGTM! Great stuff @rafaelroquetto!

[adelbot]

I test the Version=v1.8.4 Revision=98352a7 on a new RH8.
with kernel : 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10.x86_64

and i have always the message about version of kernel :
time=2024-09-24T16:04:10.266+02:00 level=ERROR msg="can't start Beyla" error="kernel version 4.18 not supported. Minimum required version is 5.8"

i use a wrong version ?

[rafaelroquetto]

Hey @adelbot ! This PR introducing support for select 4.8 kernels hasn't yet been released. In order to test it, you will need to build Beyla's main branch from scratch, or wait for when Beyla 1.9 is released (not before Obscon).